Tottenham v Liverpool preview
Liverpool are aiming to increase their unbeaten run to 6 matches in all competitions and earn a 3rd straight win when the reigning Premier League champions go to Tottenham on Saturday.
The Reds beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 final Saturday in what might have been iconic ahead Mohamed Salah’s closing look for the membership, with the Egypt captain subsequently becoming a member of his nation on the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 and being closely linked with a transfer to Saudi Arabia in January.
Defeat may depart Tottenham as little as fifteenth at Christmas, having misplaced 3-0 at Nottingham Forest final Sunday as a part of a run of 1 win in eight home matches.
Little greater than six months after being appointed, supervisor Thomas Frank was the bookmakers’ favorite at the beginning of the weekend to change into the following top-flight boss to depart their position.
Tottenham v Liverpool group information
Defenders Future Udogie and Kota Takai (each hamstring) and centre-back Radu Dragusin (knee) stay out for Tottenham, as do midfielders James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski (each knee) and ahead Dominic Solanke (ankle).
Pape Matar Sarr has joined Senegal on AFCON obligation, whereas Yves Bissouma is a part of Mali’s squad.
Dominik Szoboszlai is a doubt with an ankle harm for Liverpool, whereas fellow midfielder Wataru Endo is out with the identical concern on what is anticipated to be a short-term foundation.
Ahead Cody Gakpo may return this month from a muscular harm, however defender Joe Gomez and ahead Jayden Danns might be out till January with hamstring issues. Centre-back Giovanni Leoni has a long-term knee harm.
Tottenham v Liverpool predicted line-ups
Tottenham beginning XI: Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence, Mohammed Kudus, Rodrigo Bentancur, Xavi Simons, Archie Grey, Randal Kolo Muani, Richarlison
Liverpool beginning XI: Alisson Becker, Milos Kerkez, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Curtis Jones, Florian Wirtz, Conor Bradley, Hugo Ekitike
The best way to watch Spurs v Liverpool: TV channel, reside on-line stream
Kick-off on Saturday is at 17:30 GMT (12:30 ET / 09:30 PT), with reside protection within the UK on Sky Sports activities Principal Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League and Sky Sports activities Extremely.
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Tottenham v Liverpool stats
- With 206 targets, this fixture is the top-scoring match in Premier League historical past
- The final three editions have featured 21 targets, whereas there have been not less than three in 14 of their final 16 Premier League conferences
- Tottenham have prevailed in two of their final 25 Premier League video games in opposition to Liverpool (D6 L17), successful in October 2017 (4-1) and September 2023 (2-1)
- Having crushed Brentford 2-0 of their final house league match, Spurs are aiming to win consecutive house video games for the primary time since a three-game stretch between September and November 2024
- Their whole of 10 house league defeats in 2025 represents their joint-most in a 12 months together with 1994 and 2003
- Liverpool gained each Premier League conferences with Spurs final season by 6-3 and 5-1 scorelines
- Solely the Reds themselves have scored not less than 5 targets in three consecutive video games in opposition to an opponent within the competitors, doing so in opposition to Norwich between September 2012 and December 2013
- They’ve scored in 25 of their final 26 Premier League video games in opposition to Spurs, together with the final 19 in a row. Solely in opposition to Arsenal (presently 20) have they’d an extended scoring streak within the competitors
- Amongst ever-present groups within the final two Premier League seasons, solely Bournemouth (16) have conceded two or extra targets in additional away video games than Liverpool (15)
- Hugo Ekitike has scored 4 targets throughout his final two Premier League video games, netting twice every in opposition to Leeds and Brighton. Solely Luis Suarez has netted a number of targets in three consecutive Premier League video games for Liverpool (4 in December 2013)
